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Govt in slow lane - Mainfreight boss
Mainfreight chief Don Braid has called time on the Government's leadership
Mainfreight chief Don Braid has called time on the Government's leadership
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Mainfreight, the transport and logistics group, posted a 16pc gain in full-year profit.
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Mainfreight, the transport and logistics group, said two women, Kate Parsons and Sue Tindal, will join the company as non-executive directors starting on January 1.
Freight companies are turning to sea to deliver goods to the South Island in the wake of the week's earthquake.
Mainfreight managing director Don Braid says he will take on more trucks and ships in the lead-up to what he expects to be record
Mainfreight posted a 27 per cent gain in profit as margins improved in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Europe.
Mainfreight co-founder Neil Graham has died, aged 71 - just days after talking of Rugby World Cup plans.
Mainfreight's big competitors, including European giants DHL and Kuehne + Nagel, are increasingly giving up market share to the NZ firm as its global clout increases.
Mainfreight expects annual profit to rise as much as 7.1 per cent on revenues in excess of $2 billion.
Mainfreight shares, which have jumped by a third this year, fell after it posted first-half earnings that disappointed some investors.
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An Auckland woman who admitted stealing nearly $4.5 million from the transport company she worked for has been sentenced to over four years' jail.
Mainfreight says an official history of the company is incorrect - and that a big lawsuit against the former owners of a European firm it bought has yet to begin.
Kiwi logistics operator Mainfreight is seeking millions of euros in damages from the former owners of the Wim Bosman Group.
Jason Braid, of Mainfreight USA, apologises in advance to any Americans he might offend.